The Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program is pleased to invite educators and other interested individuals to Jews and Resistance in France during World War II on March 5, 2018 at Seton Hall University. This study day will offer five professional development credit hours to New Jersey educators.

After the Nazi conquest of France in June 1940, the eastern area of Alsace-Lorraine became part of Germany. Northern France and the Atlantic coast were controlled by the Occupation Forces and the rest was governed from Vichy in collaboration with the Germans. At that time there were 350,000 Jews in France; more than half were not French citizens, having arrived from the East after World War I or from Germany after 1933. At first they were more vulnerable than citizens but from both zones 80,000 Jews were deported in 1942 and later; only 2,000 survived the war. Resistance was organized in both zones by Jews and others. The presenters and participants at this year’s professional development study day will examine what important lessons these stories of resistance can teach our generation today.

Register Today

All are welcome and admission is free, but you must register by February 28, 2018 at www.shu.edu/TSD2018, where you can also learn more about the speakers, including Survivor, Mr. Michel Jeifa.

I hope to see you on March 5th!